Dementia in Medical News

Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds

Combo linked to higher risk for hyperglycemia hospitalization in study TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Older diabetics who take antipsychotic medications have an increased risk of ending up in the hospital with elevated blood glucose levels, or hyperglycemia, researchers say. ...

New Cases of Alzheimer's and Dementia Continue to Rise, Even in the 'Oldest Old'

VIENNA, Austria, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of people with Alzheimer's and dementia - both new cases and total numbers with the disease -continues to rise among the very oldest segments of the population in contradiction of the conventional wisdom, according to re...

New cases of Alzheimer's and dementia continue to rise, even in the 'oldest old'

Vienna, July 13, 2009 The number of people with Alzheimer's and dementia both new cases and total numbers with the disease continues to rise among the very oldest segments of the population in contradiction of the conventional wisdom, according to research reported today at the Alzheimer's Asso...

Mayo Clinic study using structural MRI may help accurately diagnose dementia patients

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A new Mayo Clinic study may help physicians differentially diagnose three common neurodegenerative disorders in the future. The study will be presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease on July 11 in Vienna. In this study, Mayo...

Mayo Clinic Study Using Structural MRI May Help Accurately Diagnose Dementia Patients

ROCHESTER, Minn., July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Mayo Clinic study may help physicians differentially diagnose three common neurodegenerative disorders in the future. The study will be presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease on July 11 in ...

PET scans may improve accuracy of dementia diagnosis

TORONTOA new study shows that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans may improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses early in disease onset for more than one out of four patients. The results were presented at SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. Early, accurate diagnosis of dementia is crit...

Alzheimer's and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death

But researchers determine that race has no bearing on life expectancy in such cases TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease have a shorter life span than other older adults, but the risk of death is no greater for whites or...

Vigilan Honors National Nurse Week in Assisted Living, Independent Living and Dementia Care

Online and Phone Based Survey Encourages Nurses to Give Voice to Improving Quality Care and Quality Careers PORTLAND, Ore., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Vigilan, the leader in software for better senior living, celebrates National Nurse Week May 6-12, 2009 by listening to what nurses have to say ...

Yerkes researchers use eye tracking to detect mild dementia in humans

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, developed a test in nonhuman primates that is now using infrared eye tracking to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in humans. The researchers hope the advanced technology will be helpful in predicting the onset of A...

Severe Low Blood Sugar Ups Older Diabetics' Dementia Risk

Study finds being hospitalized for hypoglycemia linked to mental decline TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Older individuals with type 2 diabetes who have been hospitalized with severe low blood sugar levels seem to have a greater risk of developing dementia, new research suggests....

Low Blood Sugar Events Increase Dementia Risk in Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

OAKLAND, Calif . , April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) episodes that require a visit to the hospital are associated with increased risk of dementia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research study in the Journal o...

Effects of disease severity on autobiographical memory in semantic dementia revealed in new study

Milan, Italy, 2 April 2009 - In a study conducted by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology of the Universit de Caen Basse-Normandie and published by Elsevier in the April 2009 issue of Cortex ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex ), researchers studied for the first time autobiographical memory in...

The Museum of Modern Art's 'Meet Me at MoMA' Program for People with Alzheimer's and Other Dementia Featured in National Center for Creative Aging's 'Creativity Matters' Symposium on Health, Wellness, and the Arts

WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Meet Me at MoMA," will be featured at the "NCCA-MetLife Foundation Creativity Matters: Health, Wellness & the Arts Symposium" in Washington, D.C., which is being held on March 30, 31 and April 1 . The program was developed by The M...

New 'smart' homes for dementia sufferers

Within five years innovative 'smart' sensing systems that will help the UK's 700,000 dementia sufferers live independently at home could be available commercially. Once installed, the systems are designed to closely monitor people's movements and actions around the home. As well as providing vo...

Moderate drinking can reduce risks of Alzheimer's dementia and cognitive decline

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive loss, according to researchers who reviewed 44 studies. In more than half of the studies, published since the 1990s, moderate drinkers of wine, beer and liquor had lower dementia risks than nond...

Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimer's

Vascular cognitive impairment impedes ability to organize thoughts, but it is preventable FRIDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A common form of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's can be prevented with good health habits, a new report says. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI),...

Dakim Showcases Interactive Brain Games to Combat Dementia on New Website

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakim Inc. has launched a new website enabling visitors to interactively play sample brain games from its Dakim(R) BrainFitness(TM) System, the leading brain training platform to help seniors combat dementia and memory loss. Dakim's system -- develope...

December 2008 Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource Highlights Happiness, Dementia and Smoking

ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Here are highlights from the December issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource . You may cite this publication as often as you wish. Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource attribution is required. Reprinting is allowed for a fee. Include the fo...

Nov. 10 Webinar on Dementia Prevention in Senior Communities to Discuss Brain Fitness Programming with UCLA's Dr. Gary Small

Moderated by McKnight's Long Term Care News SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Gary Small, a well-known memory/longevity expert and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, will discuss the role of brain fitness in senior living communities' resident wellness programmi...

Job, Education May Buffer Against Dementia

Cognitive reserve compensates for brain damage, study says TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Having a higher level of education and a mentally demanding job may help protect against the memory loss that precedes Alzheimer's disease, according to an Italian study. It included 242 ...

Thomas Jefferson University to Host Summit With National Experts to Discuss 'A New Age in Dementia Care'

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jefferson Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH) at Thomas Jefferson University, along with its soon-to-be-unveiled innovative Living Laboratory for Elder Care, will present the latest findings in dementia care at a summit it is hostin...

Study shows that older adult caregivers of people with dementia have worse sleep than noncaregivers

Westchester, Ill.A study in the August 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the sleep patterns of older adults who live with and provide direct care during the night for a person with dementia are significantly worse than other older adults. When sleep was measured o...

Case Western Reserve University study finds caregivers of spouses with dementia enjoy life less

CLEVELAND--Spouses of husbands and wives with dementia pay an emotional toll as they care for their ailing spouse. This has prompted a call for new interventions and strategies to assist caregivers in coping with the demands of this difficult time, according to a study from Case Western Reserve U...

Fish May Ward Off Dementia and Stroke

Those rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reduce risk by 26%, study finds TUESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Fish may be brain food after all -- not making you smarter, as your grandmother said, but by lowering the risk of cognitive decline and stroke as you get older, according to a new ...

Being Single in Midlife Could Raise Risk for Dementia Later

But worrying about things could be protective, a second study suggests WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- If you are single and in your 40s, it might be a healthy idea to get hitched. A new Scandinavian study found unmarried middle-aged people are more likely to develop cognitiv...

Prevalence of dementia in the developing world underestimated

Previous estimates of levels of dementia in the developing world may have substantially underestimated the problem, according to research published today. The findings suggest that policymakers in low-income and middle-income countries may need to re-examine the burden and impact that dementia pla...

Integrating palliative care for dementia into primary care

INDIANAPOLIS Greg A. Sachs, M.D., has received an award from the National Palliative Care Research Center to conduct a study aimed at improving quality of life and decreasing suffering for older adults and their family caregivers. The award is one of only two pilot project support grants funded b...

Short-term use of antipsychotics in older adults with dementia linked to serious adverse events

Older adults with dementia who receive short-term courses of antipsychotic medications are more likely to be hospitalized or die than those who do not take the drugs, according to a report in the May 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Newer antipsychot...

End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer

There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. We must act now to stop people with dementia from suffering from protracted, potentially uncomfo...

Obesity can increase dementia risk by up to 80 percent

Being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimers Disease by as much as 80 per cent, according to a study in the May issue of Obesity Reviews. But its not just weight gain that poses a risk. People who are underweight also have an elevated risk of dementia, unlike people who are normal weight or ...

Dual treatment of incontinence and dementia associated with functional decline

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine ...

Most Early-Onset Dementia Not Alzheimer's

Other neurodegenerative, autoimmune diseases are more often cause, study finds TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The root cause of early-onset dementia is usually not Alzheimer's, but rather another neurodegenerative or autoimmune disorder, new research suggests. The study auth...

One-Third of Dementia Cases Laid to Small Blood Vessel Damage

Findings back control of hypertension, diabetes that may contribute to cumulative effects SUNDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Small blood vessel damage caused by hypertension and diabetes may be among the leading causes of dementia, according to new research. The findings provide a...

Significant dementia risk attributable to small blood vessel damage

Autopsy data of 221 men and women found that the brains of one-third of individuals who had dementia before death showed evidence of small, cumulative blood vessel damage that can arise from hypertension or diabetes. Dr. Thomas Montine and colleagues analyzed the brain tissue of select voluntee...

Better care for dementia patients through new funding

With Australia's ageing population, diseases like dementia are on the rise. And, thanks to $1.7 million in recent grants, The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of research dealing with a range of dementia-related issues. Three UQ research teams have won National Health and Medi...

Abdominal Fat Boosts Dementia Risk

Potbellies in midlife may flood brain with toxic substances, researcher says WEDNESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- A potbelly in middle age more than triples the risk of senility decades later, according to a large study that pinpoints a new link between obesity and dementia. "The...

PET's targeted imaging may lead to earlier diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Reston, Va.Researchers involved in a large, multi-institutional study using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the radiotracer fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) were able to classify different types of dementia with very high rates of success, raising hopes that dementia diagnoses may one day ...

Groups Issue New Dementia Drug Guidelines

Review finds little difference in effectiveness of 5 drugs currently available TUESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- There's no proof that any one of the five drugs available in the United States to treat dementia is better than the others, says an American College of Physicians (ACP) a...

Antibiotic Use in Dementia Patients Questioned

Benefits are unclear, and resistance to drugs is a worry, study says,, MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of nursing home patients with advanced dementia are given antibiotics in the last two weeks of life, a new study found. What's not clear is whether or not that ther...

Vitamin E or C does not reduce risk of dementia or Alzheimer's

Seattle, Wash. February 04, 2008 Contrary to previous research, older adults who use over-the-counter vitamin E or C supplements do not have a reduced risk of developing dementia or Alzheimers disease. This is according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society t...